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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 12/01/2004 : 08:29:03
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6627693/
I wonder how long before there is a distinct Austrailian Camel. A Three humper perhaps.
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Plyss
Skeptic Friend
Netherlands
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Posted - 12/01/2004 : 08:52:48 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by BigPapaSmurf
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6627693/
I wonder how long before there is a distinct Austrailian Camel. A Three humper perhaps.
Speciation in insects has been known to occur within a few hundred years, sometimes even less (If i don't forget i'll find some references when i get home, i seem to recall Hawaiian butterflies and musquitos in the London subways as examples). In mammmals it should take quite a while longer.
That being said, shooting them from the air might make for an impressive genetic driving force for, say, better hearing and eyesight, smaller sizes and camouflage ;)
I read that three-humper thing as "Tree humper" and it made me giggle at my desk. I need to get my mind outof the gutter :P |
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'Yes' said Tiffany.
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'..and believe in your dreams...'
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'...and follow your star..' Miss Tick went on.
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